A sport mad six-year-old boy lost his leg to cancer after his parents initially dismissed his discomfort as a sore knee.
Football loving Saif Mubarak suddenly began complaining of leg pains but, preparing for a family holiday last Christmas to Istanbul, the family initially thought he was being boisterous and active, and put it down to a minor strain.
But mum Romana Mubarak, 44, a school therapist, couldn’t relax knowing that her son never complained of being in pain much.